Leave it Alone

Song

Leave it Alone

Tabbed by:Mark Makoway

Written by:Moist

Mark Makoway

Because I can't write rhythm notation using my Powerbook, you are going to

have to listen to the CD and figure out how the notes are played. The

rhythm in this song is pretty straight forward and consistent throughout

the song. This is not a difficult song to play, the key is to make

everything flow.

Intro (This is the section of the song before the singing starts. It is

played over the pulsing E's played on the bass.) The part consists of an Em

arpaggio partern.

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Verse. This riff/chord part repeats 4 times in each verse; it accompanies

the vocals until the prechorus. (Again, listen to the CD for the rhythm.)

"ho" means hammer on.

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Prechorus (I came to burn the sky...) This part repeats twice.

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Chorus. This chord pattern repeats 2 times (strum each chord for 1 bar--4

beats)

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Solo. "s" means slide. "b" means bend up. "ho" means hammer-on. "po" means

pull-off.

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Outro. This repeating theme begins with the lyrics "And it takes me back...."

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Mark Makoway

Intro

Verse

Prechorus

Verse

Chorus

Solo

Prechorus

Outro

Chorus

Outro

Lyrics

i'd walk the water to get back to you

and where i was complete

we found you scattered by the highway side too

soon to be released

gathered the pieces up and clean the place

where you were undone

and washed the wreckage out unfinished all the

thoughts that we'd begun

i came to burn the sky and tear away

the beauty that it sows

if i could rape the day and find the things i thought

i'd always known

leave it alone again tonight

i laid your arms out long untwisted there

and shaped what i could find

unmade the most of it then left the rest

the parts unrecognized

my reconstruction was the only way

for one last look at you

i lost the sense of it at the absolution

that we never knew

leave it alone again tonight

leave it alone again tonight

and it takes me back from this place here

it takes me back from this place here

i came to burn the sky and take away

the beauty that it sows

i came to rape the day and find the things

i thought i'd always known

leave it alone again tonight

and it takes me back from this place here

from this place here it takes me over

and it might be lost in this place here

from this place here it takes me on

leave it alone again tonight